Despite a recent defeat, rising tennis star Louisa Mboko is poised to make a significant leap in the WTA rankings, projected to enter the top 10.this extraordinary ascent comes after a remarkable season where she has accumulated the most match wins on the women’s tour, despite starting the 2025 season ranked outside the top 300.
mboko acknowledged her disappointment with the loss, stating, “It was not the outcome I wanted,” but remained optimistic, highlighting numerous positive takeaways from her performance.
The WTA 1,000 event in Doha is set to begin on sunday, but will be without the presence of world number one Aryna Sabalenka and number two Iga Świątek. Sabalenka, who has been sidelined as her loss to Elena rybakina in the Australian Open final last month, cited feeling “not 100%” as the reason for her absence. Świątek, a quarter-finalist in Doha last year, attributed her withdrawal to a “change of schedule.”